Xuanzhu (Claire) Zhou, PhD student, received a Certificate of Excellence in Research Award from the Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs.

Qing Jiang, associate professor, was appointed as a University Faculty Scholar.

Dennis Savaiano was named the Virginia C. Meredith Professor of Nutrition Policy.

2013 Awards and Honors

Perla Reyes Fernandez, PhD student, received the 2013 Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Donna Zoss, continuing lecturer, is the recipient of the Department of Nutrition Science Teaching Award.

Jon Story has been inducted into The Book of Great Teachers.

Lisa Graves and Barb Mayfield are part of a team that received the Hancook Award for developing the RECIPE for Growing Healthy Children program. This is the top award given by the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists Association.

Lisa Graves, Donna Vandergraff, and Connie Weaver are part of the team that received the Team Award from the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists Association for developing the To MyPlate and Beyond exhibit.

Rick Mattes, distinguished professor, is the recipient of the 2013 Babcock-Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists. This award honors an IFT member who has attained distinction by contributions to food technology which result in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food.

Mario Ferruzzi, professor, is the recipient of Purdue University's 2013 Agricultural Research Award. This award is the highest honor awarded by Ag Research at Purdue to mid-career faculty members and reflects Dr. Ferruzzi's contributions to research on understanding how the food matrix and processing factors impact phytochemical bioavailability and bioactivity that will affect the production of functional foods to improve human health.

Kim Buhman, associate professor, is the recipient of the 2013 E.L.R. Stokstad Award administered by the American Society for Nutrition. This award is given for outstanding fundamental research in nutrition, with preference to scientists at relatively early stages in their careers.

2012 Awards and Honors

Dorothy Teegarden, professor, received the 2012 Susan Bulkeley Leadership Excellence Award. The award recognizes individuals who distinguish themselves by providing exceptional mentorship to women students/scientists in the field of breast cancer regardless of disciplines. This award was established by the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition and Purdue alumna Susan Bulkeley Butler.

Theresa D'Aquila received the Best Poster Award at the 2012 Purdue University Obesity and Cancer Discovery Group Poster Competition.

Jim Fleet received the Distinguished Professor title.

Dorothy Teegarden, professor, has been named the new associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

The Department of Nutrition Science won the 2012 Arthur G. Hansen Recognition Award for its relationship with its retirees.

James C. Fleet, professor, is the 2012 recipient of the Lafayette Lions Club Cancer Research Award.

Connie Weaver, head and distinguished professor, is the 2012 recipient of the Herbert Newby McCoy Award, the most prestigious research honor given by Purdue University. View Award Presentation

Clara Park received 2nd place and Wei Zheng received 3rd place in the 2012 ASN Vitamin and Minerals RIS poster competition at Experimental Biology.

Connie Weaver is the 2011 winner of the prestigious Linus Pauling Institute Prize for Health Research.

Dr. Berdine Martin, Research Associate for Dr. Connie Weaver, received the 2011 Professional Staff Research Award from the Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi.

Mario Ferruzzi, assistant professor, is the recipient of the 2011Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award administered by the American Society for Nutrition. This award is given to an investigator within ten years of postgraduate training, for outstanding research on the safety and efficacy of bioactive compounds for human health.

Qing Jiang, associate professor, is the recipient of the 2011E.L.R. Stokstad Award administered by the American Society for Nutrition. This award is given for outstanding fundamental research in nutrition, with preference to scientists at relatively early stages in their careers.

Wei (Winnie) Zheng, PhD student, is the recipient of the 2011Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the American Society for Nutrition. Her advisor is Professor Dorothy Teegarden.

Eileen Weinheimer, PhD student, is the recipient of the 2011 Cargill Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the American Society for Nutrition. Her advisor is Professor Wayne Campbell.

Rick Mattes received the Distinguished Professor title.

Connie Weaver, head and distinguished professor, elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

2010 Awards and Honors

Connie Weaver, head and distinguished professor, received the 2010 Burton Kallman Scientific Award from the Natural Products Association in June 2010. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of human nutrition.

Mario Ferruzzi, associate professor, received the Samuel Cate Prescott Award for Research from the Institute of Food Technologists.

Connie Weaver, head and distinguished professor, received the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award from the American Society of Nutrition. The award recognizes a clinical investigator whose research has contributed to the advancement of clinical nutrition, particularly the biochemical and metabolic aspects of human nutrition.